Jessie Thwaites
@jessie_thwaites
Physics PhD student at UW Madison 👩🔬 | @astrobites writer | horn player 📯| they/them 🏳️🌈
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15-09-2019 16:51:07
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AAS CSMA Dra. Nicole 🏳️🌈 "Quals", or qualifying exams, are a staple in most PhD programs in the United States, and are often used to predict which students are most likely to complete their PhDs. Today's panel will discuss how quals disproportionately impact students of marginalised identities.
Dra. Nicole 🏳️🌈 notes that our field already has a power heirarchy, and the survey seems to indicate that people are aware that quals perpetuate the power heirarchy!
From Jessie Thwaites: Today’s authors discuss observations of the extraordinary gamma-ray burst GRB 221009A, the brightest of all time, as observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor. astrobites.org/2023/05/09/bre…
From Guest: When harassers coauthor papers, the community suffers, but nobody is more affected than the Early Career Researchers within those groups. This is how we, the ECRs within the California Planet Search, have tackled the recent authorship debacle. astrobites.org/2023/06/25/exo…
This week astrobites covered not one but TWO big exciting announcements — and the second one just came out! IceCube Neutrino Observatory detected neutrinos from the Milky Way and Jessie Thwaites wrote about it 🥳 astrobites.org/2023/06/29/neu…
From Jessie Thwaites: Today’s paper describes the brightest ever gamma-ray burst, as seen in very-high-energy gamma-rays by LHAASO. astrobites.org/2023/07/13/lha…
Please apply! The astrobites collaboration is such a wonderful group of people.
From Lucas Brown: What if we could use continuous gravitational waves from far away pulsars to learn about the inside of our very own sun? The authors of today’s paper explore what it would take to make this far-out idea a reality. astrobites.org/2023/11/11/usi…
Apply to write for astrobites! Writing for astrobites for the past two years has improved my writing and communication skills so much, and I've gotten to meet other grad students from all over the country :) It's such a great opportunity and I really encourage you all to apply!
From Jessie Thwaites: Today’s paper investigates the prospect of using renewable energy in the extreme environment at the South Pole Station in Antarctica. astrobites.org/2023/11/15/doi…
From Jessie Thwaites: Today's authors discuss prospects for observing neutron star - black hole mergers in multiple messengers! astrobites.org/2023/11/30/the…
From Jessie Thwaites: Today's paper takes a look at how ultra-high-energy neutrinos can help us understand the highest energy particle accelerators in our universe! astrobites.org/2023/12/02/the…
From astrobites: We report on Day 1 of the 2024 April @APSMeetings! #AprilAPS astrobites.org/2024/04/04/ast…
From sahil hegde and @MarkPopinchalk: For many, Monday's eclipse presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Sun and Moon align. For others, the situation is far from simple. 🔭 astrobites.org/2024/04/05/ecl…